A healed fractured radius in a flying big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)

Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 4-7

  Ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a   Miller, Jacqueline ^a   Ratcliffe, John M ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Eptesicus fuscus; Radial fracture; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 4243158510     PISSN: 10712232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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